Palliser Estate Cellar Door & Kitchen
Martinborough, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Experience Palliser Estate on the famed Martinborough Terrace. Our Cellar Door and Kitchen welcome visitors year-round, seven days a week (current spring/summer hours: 11am–5pm). Enjoy guided wine tastings, curated wine flights, seasonal vineyard lunches, or a relaxed glass in the sunshine — withbottles availableto take home or shipped direct to your door.
The Palliser Kitchen, led by acclaimed Chef Norka Mella Muñoz and awarded oneCuisineHat, serves a fresh, seasonal menu daily. Ideal for relaxed mid-week catch-ups or long weekend lunches by the vines.
Our wines showcase the region’s world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, organic and transitioning-to-organic, alongside expressive aromatics, sparkling Méthode Traditionnelle, crisp Rosé, and a small selection of exclusive, small-batch releases. The Palliser experience pairs estate-grown wines with locally-sourced cuisine and warm hospitality, creating a genuine sense of place and connection.
Classic Wine Tasting
$20pp | From 11am on the hour | Approximately 40min | Bookings recommended
During these guided wine tastings, our Cellar Door Team will introduce you to the character of Martinborough through a selection of five of our Palliser wines in our beautiful Tasting Room.
Over approximately 40min, you'll hear from our Palliser Cellar Door personalities about our history, our land, our sustainability and organic journey, and of course, our gorgeous wines.
$20 per person, with $15 deducted off the purchase of any take-home wine bottles, you’ll finish your Classic Wine Tasting with a delicious Palliser Pinot Noir truffle, locally made by our friends at Schoc Chocolates in Greytown.
Bookings are recommended so we can provide the best experience, however, we may sometimes accommodate walk-ins when our Cellar Door is quieter. If we’re unable to provide a tasting for walk-ins, we will suggest you try one of our Wine Flights for Life Flight (further details below).
Elevated Wine Tasting and Tour
$70pp | 10am Daily | Approximately 1hr 30min | Bookings essential | Minimum 2ppl
Immerse yourself in the Palliser story and exceptional Martinborough wines with our trained sommelier and Cellar Door Manager, Belen.
Our Elevated Wine Tasting & Tour commences with a warm welcome to our Cellar Door, before heading out for a brief tour of our BioGro Certified Organic Winery Vineyard*. You’ll hear firsthand about the unique terroir of our home on the famed Martinborough Terrace, and observe the positive impact Palliser’s organics programme has created.
The tour continues through our Barrel Hall, where you may have the opportunity to sample some Palliser wines directly from French oak barrels*. Then we’ll show you through our Winery, where you may see our Winemaker and Viticulturist Guy McMaster, and our Assistant Winemaker Pierre Louw, in action*.
You’ll finish up in Palliser’s Tasting Room and Underground Cellar, tasting six of Palliser’s Estate and Organic Single Vineyard wines, alongside Antipodes water to enhance the tasting experience, and finishing with a Palliser Pinot Noir truffle, locally made by our friends at Schoc Chocolates in Greytown.
Advance bookings are essential, with a 2 person minimum for an Elevated Wine Tasting to proceed. We ask that you allow 1 hr 30min for this experience, as well as wearing practical footwear (no heels) for the Vineyard, Barrel Hall and Winery tour component. We also recommend you bring a warm jacket and umbrella during the cooler winter months.
Our Elevated Wine Tasting is $70pp, with 10% deducted from the purchase of any take-home wine bottles.
* Note that some aspects of the Elevated Wine Tasting, such as touring the Winery Vineyard, tasting from barrel or meeting with our winemakers are subject to availability, dependent on business operations throughout the year. Advance bookings with 48hrs are required, so we can check availability and Health & Safety with our winery and vineyard teams.
Wine Flights for Life Flight
Palliser Estate is delighted to be a Community Partner to Life Flight, contributing in the small ways we can to help fund the planes and Westpac Chopper that save critically ill New Zealanders. Life Flight is a not-for-profit providing free, time-critical aeromedical care, for around 1,500 missions annually. In a rural region such as the Wairarapa, with prolific viticulture, horticulture and agriculture practices, and a wild and weathered coastline, we want to help ensure our community has access to emergency care, no matter how remote.
For every Palliser Wine Flight purchased, Palliser donates $5 to Life Flight, with the goal of funding at least one emergency mission annually and helping save a life. You can feel good about enjoying some world-class wine, while knowing you’re supporting a much-needed cause.
Each self-guided tasting flight allows you to sample three of Palliser’s wines at your own pace. Wines served are a slightly smaller glass pour of 75ml each, served on a wooden paddle board, and are the perfect partner to a Palliser Platter.
Aromatic Flight | $24 | Palliser Estate Sauvignon Blanc, Palliser Estate Rosé, Palliser Estate Pinot Gris
Pinot Flight | $30 | Palliser Estate Rosé, 'The Rose' Methode Traditionelle, Palliser Estate Pinot Noir
Premium Flight | $38 | 'The Griffin' Methode Traditionelle, Single Vineyard 'Om Santi' Chardonnay, Single Vineyard 'Hua Hui' Pinot Noir
* Note: Flight wines are subject to change based on availability.
Lunch at The Palliser Kitchen
Executive Chef Norka Mella Munoz | One Cuisine Hat
The Palliser Kitchen is led by award-winning Executive Chef Norka Mella Munoz, whose talent and vision have earned Palliser its first-everCuisineHat in 2025.
FormerlyCuisine’s Luxury Lodge Chef of the Year and the creative force behind Wharekauhau’s inaugural Hat, Norka and her Kitchen team bring a bold, globally influenced approach to vineyard dining in Martinborough. Her style blends refined technique with relaxed Kiwi warmth, drawing on her Chilean heritage and championing the region’s best seasonal and artisan producers.
Each dish is crafted to pair beautifully with Palliser’s elegant, Martinborough wines, creating a thoughtful and memorable connection between food, wine, people and place.
We highly recommend booking your Martinborough lunch at The Palliser Kitchen - especially on weekends - to ensure the best experience and to help us accommodate any dietary needs.
Large Groups and Walk-Ins
For large group bookings of 10 or more, depending on availability, we can book exclusive use of our Tasting Room - please contact us at cellarsales@palliser.co.nz or +64 6 306 9019 to enquire about pricing and availability.
Bookings are essential for our Elevated Wine Tasting, and we highly recommend booking your Classic Wine Tasting, particularly during busy weekends, to help our Cellar Door Team ensure you have the most enjoyable experience. Please complete the online booking form linked below. We will always endeavour to accommodate walk-ins for tastings, where possible. Or feel free to simply pop by for a glass of wine in the sun, a relaxed Wine Flight for Life Flight, or pick up a bottle to take home with you.
